Thursday 25 July
Britain apologises to the Birmingham Six. They say they are
taking their case to Europe over adequate compensation.
Mary Robinson announces she will step down as 26-County president
on 12 September to take up a job the UN.
Triple killer Brendan O'Donnell is found dead in his cell at the
Central Mental Hospital in Dublin.
Friday 26 July
26-County Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams
and SDLP leader John Hume meet in Dublin.
Child serial abuser and paedophile Brendan Smyth is sentenced to
12 years in a court in Dublin.
Saturday 27 July
Floods in central Europe continue to cause havoc, claiming up to
100 lives in the Czech Republic, Poland and Germany.
Nine people are killed when a bi-plane goes out of control and
crashes at an air show in Ostend, Belgium.
Sunday 28 July
A number of people are being questioned by the RUC in connection
with the finding of a teenage boy's body at Clogh in County Down.
Green MEP calls for the boycott of Dunnes Stores following
revelations about products sold by them being made in military
factories in Burma.
Some 20,000 people march in the Basque Country in support of ETA
prisoners in Spanish jails.
Monday 29 July
It is announced that British Army and RUC patrols are being
scaled down in the Six Counties.
The 26-County Presidential election is fixed for 30 October 1997.
Tuesday 30 July
26-County Foreign Minister Ray Burke and British Direct Ruler Mo
Mowlam meet in Dublin.
Wednesday 31 July
The funeral takes place of 16-year-old sectarian murder victim
James Morgan on County Down.
Eighteen people are killed in a two-bomb explosion in Jerusulam,
Israel.
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